BioComp : Processing and properties of starch acetate - Bast fibre composites

• Composite compounds based on hemp and flax fibres in triethyl- citrateplasticised starch acetate were prepared by melt processing. Composite samples were prepared with fibre contents up to 50w%. A stiffness of 8.3 GPa and stress at a maximum load of 51 MPa were obtained with 40w% flax fibre in plasticised starch acetate with 20w% triethyl citrate. A nearly linear relation between fibre content and tensile properties was found. The impact strength of the composites was increased with the plasticiser content. The porosity content was low even at high fibre content.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik -- Kompositmaterial och -teknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering -- Composite Science and Engineering (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Polymeric Composite Materials

Polymera konstruktionsmaterial

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